Doubleheader Research Paper

The Pacific University baseball team split a doubleheader with Willamette on Saturday, dropping game one, 2-1 in 10 innings and winning the nightcap, 4-3.

The doubleheader split keeps the Boxers a game out of first place in the Northwest Conference standings behind George Fox, who is 4-0 with a doubleheader to play on Sunday against Linfield. The Boxers are 8-5 on the season and 4-1 in the Northwest Conference.

Also, the doubleheader split saw a seven-game winning streak end in the opening game. Five of the eight wins for Pacific have come at the friendly confines of the renovated Chuck Bafaro Stadium.

Game one saw an old-fashioned pitchers’ dual settled in the 10th inning. The Bearcats scored a run on four hits off Pacific reliever Cole …show more content…
The Bearcats’ third baseman singled to right field, scoring Natuzzi from second for what proved to be the winning run.

Willamette starter Matt Steindorf raised his record to 3-1 after a nine inning stint, allowing just two hits to the Boxers. Brandon Murillo pitched a scoreless 10th for his third save.

In relief of Pacific starter Paul Wolfram (Las Vegas, Nev.), the Boxers’ Casey Brown (Peoria, Ariz.) allowed just five hits and struck out three over the next 6.2 innings before handing the ball off to Kanazawa with two out in the eighth.

The Boxers sent the game into extra innings, scoring its only run in the ninth. In the inning, Derek Legeza (Peoria, Ariz.) hit a triple just inside the right-field line to start the inning. Then, with one out, a hard hit ball on the new FieldTurf by Drew Fagerness (Centralia, Wash.) scored a hustling Legeza from third to tie the game.

In the nightcap, Legeza and Fagerness each had three hits to lead a nine-hit attack in a 4-3 win. Fagerness tied a career-high with three RBI to go along with his career-high three hits in the win. Legeza had two runs scored to go with his three …show more content…
Then, the Boxers called on Kanazawa to seal the win, who over the next four innings en route to his fourth save and allowed just one hit and struck out two.

Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the third, the Boxers’ started its comeback with a Dustin Meyer walk. Then, he moved to third when Legeza hit a double to the gap in left-center field. With runners on second and third, Dylan Wright cut the deficit to one on a RBI ground out. Next, Fagerness picked up his second of three RBI on a single to tie the game at 3.

Willamette stranded runners on base in the fourth and fifth inning. The Boxers picked up what proved to be the game-winning run in its half of the fifth. With one out, Legeza reached on an infield single. Then, with two out, an errant pick off sent the speedy Legeza around the bases. Next, with a full count, Fagerness brought in Legeza for the second time on the night and his third RBI with a

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